Hi everyone, If I install 2 hard drives and 1 floppy drive close to each other in a computer system, will there be any problem about heat release? Will the hard drives get a lot hotter if they are installed close like this or this doesn't affect much? Thank you so much

i have exactly the same constallation of components in my pc, and it does not seem to be a problem at all. but still i would recommend to install a front fan to suck in air and a rear fan to blow out the hot air inside the pc-case to have a constant air flow. thats good for all pc components, but not very necessary, if you didnt need it before.

Hard drives do not produce a lot of heat... you can stack as many as you want on top of each other with no problems.

Thank you very much for your feedback guys

Yes, Harddrives do not produce a lot of heat, but only for 5400 rpm models. For 7200 rpm, it would be better IF you blow some cool air through it, from the front preferably. The 7200 rpm models can have a surface temp of around 45-50C if not enough ventilation in the casing, which means shorter HDD life (earlier bad sectors or smart failures within 2-3 years of usage). You can check how hot your harddrive is using HDD temp or hwinfo32 or any other freewares. My compaq laptop (2.5" 5400rpm 40GB) is running quite hot, at 51C. My colleague laptop (same model) HDD failed for SMART/bad sectors after using for only 1.5 years. My home PC (7200 rpm) is only about 37C (3 small fans blowing through it.)

MILKYWAY: That's not your hard drive running hot... again I repeat, HARD DRIVES DO NOT PRODUCE A LOT OF HEAT. If they produced as much heat as you suggest, they would provide fins and fans... they do not. Your fans do not blow through the hard drives, they blow through the heat fins on the cpu, the REAL heat producer. HP and IBM laptops don't even place the hard drives in the same section of the computer as the fans.